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emerges from the WE, the THEY, or the THEM. The other half of the UNINVOVLED are the eternal pessimists who don’t much care who wins. They believe that the only thing that matters is to die a martyr’s death for ethnic principles. What makes this classification most extrordinary is that Ukrainians don’t chose a group, they intuitively fall into one. Those with a leadership drive will always pop up in either the WE or the THEY group. The furtive personalities seem to favor THEM. The UNINVOLVED, unburdened by the gravity of the issues, are those who come religiously to as many ZBORY as they can find. They partake in social discourse, winding it down to chatting and gossip in the most friendly manner. The ZBORY officially begin with NOISE during which someone is selected to chair the meeting. That choice often indicates who might dominate the ZBORY — WE or THEY. The agenda is hardly noticed and the reading of the minutes of the last ZBORY is often unanimously accepted because no one remembers much of what was really said a whole year ago. The customary reading of the officers’ reports is usually accepted with an air of boredom. Hence the traditional call for a discussion about the said reports is ofen waived in favor of the GRAND GENERAL DISCUSSION. There is an un written rule that all of those attending are entitled to self expression during this GRAND GENERAL DISCUSSION — it is, so to speak, a Ukrainian First Amendment that satisfies the need for the expression of the soul and mind. “Foreign rules,” Robert’s or anyone else’s, can dampen this spirit or improve it. For example, invoking one of these foreign rules by asking to speak on a point of order, can become a clever means of trying to get your own word in edgewise. Eventually, the ZBORY agenda arrives at the election of new officers. The WE, having a By-Law nominating committee, present their list. The THEY, of course, present their list from the floor. The scene at this stage of the ZBORY resembles a pendulum with most parti cipants going side to side. As the swaying motion continues, peer pressure comes into play. Some candi dates abdicate under duress while others agree to become candidates out of patriotic vocation. The UNINVOLVED begin to grunt here and there while THEM look for opportunities to foment new discussions. All too soon, the UNINVOLVED grow restless; the ZBORY have been very long and it is time for the promised coffee and “перекуска.” The actual election, a process often conducted with little care because it is so rational a task, is time consuming. The march through the voting booth has a winding down effect. The UNINVOLVED have by now dissolved into small intimate groups, where shedding their sheep’s clothing, the wolves express their very PERSONAL and TRUE feelings about the whole scene. The WE and THEY battling squads carefully watch the vote tabulations, some with agony and some with ecstasy already looking ahead to next year’s ZBORY. YOUR WILL Why it matters, what it does and doesn’t do, and how to make it better By LUBA KOS A will is one of the most important legal documents any person, regardless of wealth, can execute during a lifetime; A will has no legal force during a person’s life time, it becomes effective only after that person’s death. It is a vehicle by which individuals can express their exact wishes as to the distribution of their estate. Estates. The word “estate” brings to mind man sions, jewelry, expensive cars and large sums of money. That is not necessarily true. Anyone with a home, a car, a bank account, clothes or investments has an estate. Your “estate” is the sum total of everything you own. When a person dies, the assets in the estate are deter mined, the funeral expenses and other debts are paid, inheritance and estate taxes are settled, and any monies due to you at the time of death are collected. After that, the assets are distributed according to the directions of a will. Not having a will leaves a person’s estate subject to intestate laws of the resident state, laws which gener ally penalize survivors and intended beneficiaries. Keeping Clear Records. It is not necessarily true that a will that fully outlines assets is all that is needed. Wills often simply divide estates into bulk portions, ’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, БЕРЕЗЕНЬ 1996 23
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